Other Figures — Minor Figures

223 figures from The Histories who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Artochmes

commander · first appears Book 7 · §70–85

• Book 7 · §70–85 · with Dareios “Of these two together the commander was Artochmes, who was married to a daughter of Dareios.”

Daurises

first appears Book 5 · §112–125

• Book 5 · §112–125 · with Dareios “Daurises, who was married to a daughter of Dareios”
• Book 5 · §112–125 · with Heracleides “the Persians falling into it by night were destroyed both they and their commanders, namely Daurises and Amorges and Sisimakes; and with them died also Myrsos the son of Gyges. Of this ambush the leader was Heracleides the son of Ibanollis, a man of Mylasa.”

Gillos

exile · first appears Book 3 · §135–141

• Book 3 · §135–141 · with Dareios “Gillos a Tarentine exile rescued them and brought them back to king Dareios.”

Hymaies

first appears Book 5 · §112–125

• Book 5 · §112–125 · with Dareios “Hymaies and Otanes, who were also Persian commanders and were married also to daughters of Dareios”

Metiochos

son of Miltiades · first appears Book 6 · §42–49

• Book 6 · §42–49 · parent: Miltiades son of Kimon “Of this ship it chanced that Metiochos the eldest of the sons of Miltiades was in command, not born of the daughter of Oloros the Thracian, but of another woman.”
• Book 6 · §42–49 · with Dareios “Dareios however, when the Phenicians brought up to him Metiochos the son of Miltiades, did Metiochos no harm but on the contrary very much good; for he gave him a house and possessions and a Persian wife, by whom he had children born who have been ranked as Persians.”

Skylax

man of Caryanda · first appears Book 4 · §42–48

• Book 4 · §42–48 · with Dareios “sent with ships, besides others whom he trusted to speak the truth, Skylax also, a man of Caryanda.”
• Book 5 · §29–35 · friends with Aristagoras “Megabates had bound his guest-friend of Myndos and was doing to him shameful outrage”

Hyroiades

soldier · first appears Book 1 · §84–88

• Book 1 · §84–88 · with Cyrus “Then he himself ascended first, and after him came up others of the Persians, and many having thus made approach, Sardis was finally taken and the whole city was given up to plunder.”

milesians

• Book 1 · §167–173 · with Cyrus “the Milesians, as I have also said before, had made a sworn agreement with Cyrus himself and kept still”

Athene Pronaia

goddess · first appears Book 1 · §89–93

• Book 1 · §89–93 · with Croesus “and in the temple of Athene Pronaia at Delphi a large golden shield.”